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Trust As Little As You Can To Report, And Examine All You Can By Your Own Senses.

Most Men Are Unwilling To Be Taught.

When Desperate Ills Demand A Speedy Cure, Distrust Is Cowardice, And Prudence Folly.

The Mental Disease Of The Present Generation Is Impatience Of Study, Contempt Of The Great Masters Of Ancient Wisdom, And A Disposition To Rely Wholly Upon Unassisted Genius And Natural Sagacity. The Wits Of These Happy Days Have Discovered A Way To Fame, Which The Dull Caution Of Our Laborious Ancestors Durst Never Attempt; They Cut The Knots Of Sophistry, Which It Was Formerly The Business Of Years To Untie, Solve Difficulties By Sudden Irradiations Of Intelligence, And Comprehend Long Processes Of Argument By Immediate Intuition.

Network. Anything Reticulated Or Decussated At Equal Distances, With Interstices Between The Intersections.